A noisey foy of little fame
- DMI number:
- 1774
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- A noisey foy of little fame
- Last Line:
- Are sure to make their follies known
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Possibly a much altered version of The hound and the huntsman. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 361.
- First Line:
- Impertinence at first is born
- Last Line:
- Are sure to make their follies known
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Fables and other short poems [II]
- Page No(s):
- f. 18r.
- Poem Title:
- The Hound and ye Huntsman
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Gay. Hound and the huntsman.
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